Notice Information
Notice Title
Supply of Timber for Live Training
Notice Description
The Authority require the supply of timber to be used for live fire training exercises for firefighters. The timber is burned to simulate the conditions experienced during various fire situations. The current arrangement is a single supplier contract under which the Authority purchase Oriented Strand Board Type 3 ("OSB3") cut to exact sizes designed to fit their training equipment. The demand for training is variable and therefore no guarantee of the volume of boards required can be given, however an existing indicative amount is provided. Please see Section 1.5 of Annex 1 - Specification.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: There is 1 contract extension with a maximum duration of 2 years and 0 month, and a value ex VAT of PS 230,000
Planning Information
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue Service (HIWFRS) intends to tender for the supply of timber for live fire training and is seeking to engage with the market to help shape the upcoming procurement. This market engagement aims to inform the future tender process. Full details are available at https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hampshire/aspx/Tenders/Current. We reserve the right to amend or change all and any aspects discussed in this exercise if a decision to move to formal procurement is made. This early engagement exercise does not guarantee the tendering of any contract taking place. All responses should be entered into the question submission boxes in this document and saved as a document that can be viewed in Microsoft Word. Other formats are not required. Please submit your responses and feedback by 5pm on 11th August 2025 via In-Tend correspondence. If you have any issues with access, format or email addresses, please contact us via In-Tend.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-055f0f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006755-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
03 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
-
- CPV Codes
03419000 - Timber
03419100 - Timber products
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £460,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £460,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £460,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Jan 20262 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 16 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 15 Sep 2025Expired
- Award Date
- 14 Jan 20263 months ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Feb 2026 - 15 Feb 2028 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- HAMPSHIRE AND ISLE OF WIGHT FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EASTLEIGH
- Postcode
- SO50 9SJ
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ36 Central Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
-
- Local Authority
- Winchester
- Electoral Ward
- St Michael
- Westminster Constituency
- Winchester
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006755-2026
26th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076048-2025
21st November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039829-2025
15th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039823-2025
15th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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